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Judiasim, Zoroastrianism and Atheism

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There are many beliefs in the world we live in; some people believe that you cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself. Others believe that the earth, moon, sun and the stars are gods. There are others that do not believe in gods or God. Many spiritual beliefs pertaining to teachings and messages all come from somewhere and some have similarities and difference such as Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Atheism. We will be focusing on these three religions in this paper. The origins of Judaism can be traced back more than 3000 years to the religion of ancient Israel known as Yahweh. Its name is derived from Judah, a region in the southern part of ancient Israel, which distinguishes it from other ancient developments of Yahweh such as the Rechabites, a small ultra-strict separatist sect, and the Samaritans. Judaism is a monotheistic religion which derived from the Hebrews. The Hebrews believed that God was their original guardian. Judaism also has a sanctum book called the Torah. The Torah is a godly book of laws and events in Jewish chronicle. The Jews cogitated that God gave them the Ten Commandments to Moses. In the text book it states, “Early Israelites probably worshiped many gods, including nature. (pg. 36).” With my understanding the Israelites have other gods when Pharaoh captured them, but when God used Moses to take his people out of Egypt, that’s when the Israelites found their true God. The Jewish religion believes in the concepts of heaven and hell. As for the Zoroastrianism religion, it is a rejection of the old Persian gods. In this temple the single, sapient, attending, and almighty god, Ahuramazda, ruled and created the universe. His assistant spirits, the Ahura, battled against the god of evil, Ahriman or Angra Mainyu and the daevas. That made Zoroastrianism, the religion of Zoroaster. The uniqueness of Zoroastrianism lies in its insight that all of creation, including humanity, is involved in the c

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